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Old 03-08-2003, 04:08 PM   #205
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Luzon, The Phillipines

December 11th, 1941

18:36 Hours


Our ferocious enemy continues to press on all fronts, particularly in Zone 3, where Lieutenant Quikshot’s 2nd Platoon, Infantry C is forced to abandon the eastern side of the clearing.

Zone 1

In the interest of conserving precious ammunition, Infantry Company B suspends mortar fire in their area. The Japanese renew their attack on Lieutenant The Afoci’s 1st Platoon, Infantry B, but seem to have been weakened by the mortar barrage. With the assistance of Lieutenant bertogarce’s 1st Platoon, Armor B, the Marines are able to fend off the Japanese attack without difficulty.


Zone 2

Disturbing news reaches The Meat Grinder as radioman Boris is finally able to get through to our howitzer groups to the rear. “My Kapitan, “he shouts. “Ze big guns to us rears say we is out of range!”

Captain Coffee Warlord shifts the fire of his 81mm mortars to his eastern flank. Despite the mortar support, Lieutenant Aesyrqwe’s 2nd Platoon, Infantry D and Lieutenant Superman=#54’s 2nd Platoon, Armor B are under fierce attack from the Japanese. The brave Marines are able to hold the line, but begin to sustain casualties from the repeated enemy attacks.

To the west, Lieutenant JeffNights’ 3rd Platoon, Infantry D, continues to trickle into position, and the Stuart tanks of Lieutenant sterlingice’s 3rd Platoon, Armor B, move up to the line to supprt Lieutenant Breeze’s 1st Platoon, Infantry D. The added support is a welcome sight, and forces yet another Japanese attack back into the trees.


Zone 3

To the west of the clearing, Lieutenant tucker342’s 1st Platoon, Infantry C and Lieutenant Tasan’s 3rd Platoon, Armor A, continue to fend off sporadic Japanese infantry advances without much difficulty.

The begins to deteriorate on the east side of the clearing, however. More bombardment of the area by the Japanese, followed shortly thereafter by enemy infantry attacks, all but route the USMC units stationed there. As three Stuarts from Lieutenant jfbbis’ 2nd Platoon, Armor A advance to the north, they soon encounter their fleeing comrades-in-arms, and move to cover the retreat of the infantry.

To the east, Lieutenant Katon’s 3rd Platoon, Infantry C begins a planned withdrawal to continue to cover 2nd Platoon’s flank. However, a couple of their squads are caught in the Japanese bombardment of the area.


Zone 4

In a move to help preserve his west flank, Captain ardent enthusiast orders the machineguns and 60mm mortar of Infantry Company A to be trained on the tree-line at the western edge of the rice paddy. This, combined with the timely arrival of 2 Stuarts from Captain WSUCougar’s Armor A Command, including the tank of the Captain himself, forces the Japanese back.

Infantry Company A also recalls its 81mm mortar fire from Zone 3, and trains them on the Graveyard to the east, where a heavy attack by the Japanese is mounting. Lieutenant Icjjdnh’s 1st Platoon, Armor A, and Lieutenant damnMikeBrown’s 2nd Platoon, Infantry A, poor deadly fire into the area, cutting down many of the enemy. But the Japanese are both numerous and stubborn, and keep the pressure on.


18:39 Hours


Zone 1

The Japanese continue their sporadic attacks against the line of Lieutenant The Afoci’s 1st Platoon, Infantry B, but these attacks are easily repelled with assistance of Stuarts from Lieutenant bertogarce’s 1st Platoon, Armor B.

Lieutenant Blade’s 2nd Platoon, Infantry B and Lieutenant Jennings 3rd Platoon, Infantry B, have the luxury of sitting idly by, as the pressure on Zone 1 seems to have dissipated.

(Note: Unit displacement is the same as it was with the last screenshot, so no new shot is necessary).


Zone 2

Without the presence of the 81mm mortars on the western side of the zone, the Japanese attack with renewed vigor. Up and down the line, Marines from Lieutenant Breeze’s 1st Platoon, Infantry D and Stuarts from Lieutenant sterlingice’s 3rd Platoon, Armor B, repel fierce attacks by the Japanese aggressors. To the far west of the zone, one of the Marine squads from Lieutenant JeffNights’ 3rd Platoon, Infantry B takes particularly heavy casualties and is forced back deeper into the trees.

To the east of the corridor, heavy attacks by Japanese infantry continue, but with the combined fire of Lieutenant Aesyrqwe’s 2nd Platoon, Infantry D, Lieutenant Superman=#54’s 2nd Platoon, Armor B, and 81mm mortars, these attacks seem doomed to fail. But as the fighting wears on, the Marines begin to notice a particular change, as they no longer hear the crash and bang of the mortars.

“My Kapitan!” screams radioman Boris, “Ze mortars, they says they ammunition is kaput!” (Why does Boris suddenly sound more German that Russian?)

Also, ammunition for the 60mm mortar team is reported at about 10%.




Zone 3

The heavy Japanese bombardment has stopped, but enemy infantry continue to press the Marines withdrawing from the east side of the clearing. However, the presence of Lieutenant jfbbis’ tanks seems be helping to fend the enemy off, and the withdrawal from the area becomes a bit more orderly. The same is the case with Lieutenant Katon’s 3rd Platoon, Infantry C to the east.

Elements of Lieutenant Quikshot’s 2nd Platoon, Infantry C on the west side of the clearing are attacked again by Japanese infantry, but are able to fend off the enemy with little trouble.

And to the west, Japanese attacks on Lieutenant tucker342’s 1st Platoon, Infantry C and Lieutenant Tasan’s 3rd Platoon, Armor A intensify. The fighting, like so many other places across the line, is close-range and ferocious. Despite the close support of the Stuarts, the Marines of 3rd Platoon begin to take significant losses, but hold their ground.




Zone 4

Having been repulsed along the tree-line to the west, the Japanese once more renew their attack, this time straight across the rice paddy once again. And once again, the Marines of Lieutenant samifan24’s 1st Platoon, Infantry A and Captain WSUCougar’s Armor A Command fight them to a standstill. This does not come without cost, however, as casualties are sustained and one of Captain ardent enthusiast’s machinegun teams is wiped out.

Further to the east, the stubborn Japanese continue to attack across the graveyard, but accomplish little more than wasting ammunition and lives as Lieutenant damnMikeBrown’s 2nd Platoon, Infantry A and Lieutenant Icjjdnh’s 1st Platoon, Armor A cut them down.




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